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Ten mice colonize an island that does not have any mice living on it. Within three years, there are 600 mice living on the island. What is the intrinsic rate of increase? Using the rate of increase you calculated in part a above, determine how many mice there will be five years from the colonization if the population continues to grow exponentially.

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Ten mice colonize an island that does not have any mice living on it. Within three years, there are 600 mice living on the island. What is the intrinsic rate of increase? Using the rate of increase you calculated in part a above, determine how many mice there will be five years from the colonization if the population continues to grow exponentially.
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Ten mice colonize an island that does not have any mice living on it. Within three years, there are 600 mice living on the island. What is the intrinsic rate of increase? Using the rate of increase you calculated in part a above, determine how many mice there will be five years from the colonization if the population continues to grow exponentially.
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SubjectBiology
ClassClass 12